and conditions of soil suited to the different, varieties, the best season for cutting timber with durability in view, the best mode of preserving timber in the ground or out, and a thousand like things appeared still to be subjects of dispute and though of prime im portance, to be receiving little or no attention among their neighbors. The habits of the various insect enemies that destroyed their fruits and ravaged their fields, seemed little understood ; and, in fact, these young men were frequently astonished at meeting with owners of large orchards who, though they could see their apples, peaches, and plums being daily destroyed by insects, were utter 'l3, unable to tell whether one or forty differ ent species were the cause, that had never given a moment's attention to the habits of those insects, and to means for their destruc tion. Even the various birds that filled the neighboring woods with their music seemed. little known, and some among the most use ful of them all, who divided their time be tween singing and the destruction of noxi ous insects, were subjects of baseless and ridiculous suspicious in the neighborhood, and were slaughtered without mercy on charges the falsity of which might, with a little investigation, have been demonstrated. The study of these and of kindred sub jects made their labors a constant recreation to them. The daily care of the farm was no longer a task to be performed with machine like stolidity, while the mind was constant ly wandering to other avocations, and indul ging in longings for something of a more en grossing nature. The care of trees, of crops and of domestic animals was a perpetual study, full of interest, and lacking the dull ness that pervades the task of the 'profession al' student, because every day's growth was presenting to their view new phases for con templation and for thought. For the ap plication of the sciences, of the rudiments of 'which they had made themselves masters, they had frequent occasion ; and as their minds expanded with the multiform nature of their practical studies, a taste of general literature crept in to add to the pleasures of their home. And thus these daily laborers became more thoroughly educated than they would have been by spending years at our higher institutions for public instruction. As that education was of a sound and practical na ture, it made them respected everywhere, and their sentiments and opinions, won at tention in whatever circle they chanced to be. They . never had occasion to blush for a want of information on subjects with which men in their calling should be familiar, and they never desired to change their occupa tion., because they could imagine no other so pleasant as that which made them fami liar with the green fields and the graceful trees. I indeed believe that either of them took more pleasure in planting some choice tree, and seeing it grow, and blossom, and bear fruit, than they would have taken in all the various entertainments" which of fer their attractions to the public in large I cannot say-,.that these young men were themselves credit, and accomplished more good than they would have been likely to at the bar or elsewhere. They were the . means, in a great measure, of reforming the system of farming in their vicinity, and of imparting such, information as added great ly to the productiveness of agricultural la bor. They rooted out many old worthless fruits, and introduced in their stead such val uable varieties as their neighbours had nev er dreamed of before. They beautified their own home with trees, and flowere, and taste ful arrangement, and by so doing became the occasion of beautifying the homes of farmers all around them. By acquainting themsel ves with the habits of destructive insects and devising means to prevent their ravages, by originating new and valuable &lifts, and by improvements in agricultural implements, they became public benefactors in a wider sphere, and had the satisfaction of seeing the whole country in some degree the-better for their labors. Though they never became rich, they were the masters pf a competence and their hospitable home and intelligent' conversation attracted the most intellectual society for a large region about them. And although such a thing us an agricultural pub lication had rarely been heard of in their vicinity when they were boys, scarcely a family is now without one, and I doubt not that the Hort/err/twist is at this time well appreciated and extensively taken in that neighborhood. ihtive sometimes thought that if some ether farmers 1 knew, were to bestow a little attention upon the career of these two young men, they might prec*e at once the rea son why so many among the most bright and enterplising of farmers' sons seek some other occupation, so soon. as they are at lib erty to do so. Where the mind is not inter ested the hand disdains to labor. I-le who teaches his sons to work as he would teach the unreasoning ox to.bear the yoke, must expect the restless mind to long for that ac tivity elsewhere, which he neglects to in cite in his own .employtnent.—lforliettlitt 'rist. Divorce in Ohio.—The Legislature of Ohio has passed a-law granting divorces on such a num ber of variant and frivolous pretexts as can scarce fail to afford escape for any l badly match. ed pair who may desire to avail themselves of it. Parties belonging to other States can by a real. Bence of one year have all the benefits of the Ohio law, though the cause of divorce may have occurred elseivhere, and a decree of divorce in any court of ano titer State is ground for a like decree in favour of the same party in Ohio. The law is only one remove from the socialistic theo ry which allows the marriage contract to be ter. migrate at the will of either of the parties. Child Killed by a Dear.—The Huntingdon Ban. ncr says that on the 2d instant a large bear be. longing to John Jausison, of Shade Gap, in that county, which had been all along kept securely chained, broke loose. He proceeded to the house of Mr. Michael Tresler, a neighbor of Mr. Jami son's• and so severely wounded a child of Mr. Trezler's that it died in a few- hours. .1)e Ecl)igl) Register. Al!enlown, Pa. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 18.43. Take Yoin Country Paper. A Boston journal very justy observes, that People hardly know how much they lose by not subscribing for their county paper. There are always certain matters of local interest, in which it behoves every good neighbor to keep dully 'posted up.' Itistead of sending away filty or a hundred miles for a miscellaneous paper suited only for .the general reader, eve ryman should lake first the paper published in his own town, and pay fot it in advance ; then if he has money to spare for mere amusements or gratification of his own taste, let him sub scribe for a good city paper, containing able reports of popular arid scientific lectures, legis lative and congressional intelligence, with a general summary of foreign and domestic news to the latest moment of going to press. Now if this is not good advice, we hardly know what is. It is the way we should do : and we are not so selfish as to mourn the loss of a dozen or more subscribers, if it should come to that—who are perhaps leaving a fel -1 low townsman to work on for want of that gen erous support, which could not only cheer his heart, but enable him to make his paper all that his patrons could desire. We know some thing of the sad experience of those who have the control of country papers, from our own connection in years by gone, with a journal of that class. It becomes a man to be just before he is generous, and to remember that 'charity begins at home.' Never subscribe to a news paper without pal/Mg . /M. it in adyancc. The man who does his duty in this respect, reads his weekly paper with increased satisfaction. Ev ery one knows that his greatest comfort is de rived from the consciousness of •having done or tried to do right, and it is certainly no more than right to pay the printer who is constantly incurring large outlays for paper and composi tion, and who almost invariably pays for all the matter 'set up' for his paper, even before it passes into the hands of the subscribers. Again we say, 'take your county paper' and pay for it in advance. Fire ! Fire !! On Friday night, at about 11 o'clock, the cit izens of Allentown were aroused from their sleep, by the cry of fire. It originated in one of the stables belonging to the Farmers and Me chanics' Hotel, owned by Mr. Henry Miller, and occupied by Thomas 0. Ginkinger, which with the contents, consisting of Hay, Straw, Oats, a Cow and Dog, was burned to the ground. The loss sustained by these gentlemen cannot be less than $4OO. Mr. Reuben Moyer, has also sul. fered to the amount of between four and five hundred dollars, in the loss of a new two horse carriage,and tw.o other Vehicles, &c.,Which were placed under the shedding. twenty•feet distant from the fire, were saved by the activity of the firemen. Too much praise cannot be bestowed upon the members a the "Washington Fire Company" for their early presence and activity at the fire and but for them the buildings' adjoining would• have bean envel'oped in the flames. The "Good '•Will" members were also in active service and their streams told well on the flames. Mr. Miller we are told has an insurance of $2OO on the building, in the "Upper and Lower Saucon Mutual Company" which however will only cover half his loss. Mr. Moyer is the greatest sufferer, having had no insurance on his stock. Allentown Rail Road The Engineers engaged in making a survey on this road are now between Kutztown and Hamburg. In noticing their arrival ut Kutz• town. The "Geist der Zeit," expresses the hope that before many years the iron horse will thunder thought their quiet valleys that trade and commerce will flourish, and a poor man not bp found in Kutztown, who, willing to work and saving, will not be able to show his purse well provided with golden eagles. "Un der certain circumstances," remarks ourneigh bor, "there is but little difference between a rich and a poor man, and if the vein of corn coerce beats healthily in the body politic, it is hardly necessary to be born with a silver spoon in the mouth, in order to shout the Hosanna of prosperity." Good for liawrecht.' He talks more like a 'Federal than a 'strict con structionist' of the old school, to which we al ways thought he belonged. Truly Rail Roads do accomplish wonders in more ways than one and the Geist der Zeit is not the least surprising evidence of their progressive influence. The route continues to be remarkably favor able as the grade will only be from 8 to 10 feet per mile between Kutztown and Allentown. At a meeting of the board of Directors held on the Bth of November, the following addition al officers of the company were duly elected, John J). Stiles, Esq.,. of Allentown, Secretary, John L. Johnston, of New York, Treasurer.. Pacific Railroad The stockholders al the Pacific Railroad hold a meeting in New York, on Thursday, when the following gentlemen were elected Directors. They are among the heaviest stockholders in the concern ; Levi B:Chatfield, Sanford E. Church, 0:ville Clurk, Caleb S. Wooddull, of New York; Cyrus More, Maine; George Ash man, Mass.; I'. Butler King, Ga.; Allred Gil- more, Penn.; Franci.4 M. Dimon, Rhode laland ; Robert J. Walker, Washington ; Eton Farns- worth, Michigan; William Noyes, Penn.; Jep tha Fowles, Tenn.; Thomas J. Green, Culifor• nia , Anson Jones, Levi Jones, W. R. D. Ward, Texas; James H. Lucas, Mo.; Isaac E. Holmes, South Carolina; Nathaniel T. Green, North Cur. Mina, Philip T. Thomas, Maryland; H. B. Spel- man, Samuel Wagoner, Ohio; G. W. Underhill, Ark.; E. T. Bridge; New Jersey. False Philanthropy It is an unfortunate feature of nearly all the reformatory measures of our day, that they are attended by a turbulent, overbearing, and de• nunciatory spirit, on the part of many of their more zealous advocates. The spring of all sin. core efforts to benefit mankinkis charity; and yet it seems to us that this kindly and gentle sentiment is very apt to be violated by the en thusiastic apostles of fashionable reforms, and a snarling, spiteful sort of dogmatism manifes. ted in their words and"conduct, altogether at variance with the nature of those objects which they profess to pursue. Alas, for the inconsis tency of human nature. It is a fact well sub. stantiated by the records of history, and abun : dantly confirmed by every days observation, that a gond and holy cause is often the chosen theatre upon which the worst passions of the heart are displayed, and that it is a favorite habit with men to justify bail meat's, by using them for the promotion of good and noble ends. Alany of the enthusiasts of our country might read their own condemnation in that passage of scripture in which the various attributes of genuine charity are enumerated. flow open are envy, boasting, pride, peevishness, arid il liberal opinions found to characterize those who have set themselves up as the peculiar ministers of that principle which the inspired apostle has pronounced greater than faith or hope ! Such is their perverseness that the world hascome to regard professed enthusiasts in phi!. anthopy, as the most uncharitable class of men. Zeal is a very good thing, we know. A man cannot have too much of it in a good cause, it it is only attended arid sustained by those traits of character which are necessary to render it, in appearance, at leas!, sincere. But where the great cardinal virtues are wanting, or,kept in abeyance by an intolerant spirit, the most flaming zeal is always liable to suspicion, and I the cause for which it burns suflers accordingly. "Let your moderation be known unto all men," is an injunction of a high authority, and it deserves to be inscribed with special empha, sis upon the banners of all modern sects and parties. It is calculated to rebuke that spirit of agitation that is abroad in the land, enkind ling through all the frame-work of society the flames of social discord and party passion.— Would that its influence might be so felt as to curb the vehemence Of reckless enthusiasm, and put a check upon the impetuous career of our belligerent apostles of gentle and long suf fering charity. Who Can Bent It t One day last week, Ilk William F. Yeager. and David German, two young sportsmen of this Borough, went out after rabbits. They were at hunting only half a day, and during that time killed twenty fire of the critters. If any party of two can beat this. Let us hear of them. Bold Attempt of Forgery. On Tuesday morning, last a stranger stepped into the telegraph office at this place and hand was, that a certain person's check was good for $lOOO, with the name or the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Easton, attached to it, and directed it to' be sent to Philadelphia: The operator at the telegraph office thinking it sin gular that a stranger should send a message of this kind in Mr. Forman's name, stepped into the Bank for information, when he discovered that the whole thing was a forgery. The gen tleman 'was immediately sought for but it was soon discovered that the bird had flown. This is about the boldest attempt at forgery and swindle that wo have heard of for a considera. ble time. We presume ho had an accomplice in Philadelphia, who was to use the dispatch and obtain the money upon the statement there made, purporting to come from McE. Forman Cashier of the Bank above named.—(E Senthi. , Riso of Grain Grain has taken another rise abroad and a a corresponding advance in the home markets. Our farmers will do well to keep a sharp look out for the market reports lest they be caught by "sharpers." Several who take no paper have already lost more by their "economy" than would pay for a paper half a dozen years. Virginia Agricultural Fair. About 20,000 persons, it is said, visited this exhibition, on Thursday.' Peter A Browne, of Philadelphia delivered an — address, at 11 o'clock, on the subject of rearing sheep, - the various localities in Virginia, and for different fabrics: At 12 o'clock, the plowing match, for the prize of $lOO, (given by Madame Sontag.) took place, and. elicited much interest. blade atne Sontag was escorted over the ground by Wm. Boulware, E±q., late Charge to Naples. The Richmond Whig bays "We have never seen so many people in such good humor. The best evidenen of the enthusiasm which pervades the fanners was the subscription for the benefit of the Society, on Wednesday night, of $38,000. Numerous other contributions were made on Thursday, and the amount will probably be swollen to $50,000, Richmond coy, subscribedls,ooo." 7 —Southern IVerkty Post. . • Knickerbocker Magazine. The November number of this excellent monthly is upon our table, where it has, for some time past, been a welcome vislor. Its cements are, as usual, of that slerling literary stamp calculated to in• terest and amuse the intelligent reader, and at the . same time impart much information of a solid and useful character. The fresh and vig orous tone of its articles, which aro purely American well repay the persual of its pages in the "leisure hour." The editor, Louis Gay. lord Clark, Eq., wields a.ready and able, pen and the sprightliness and real wit which per. ' vades the articles which appear in his monthly "Gossip," render them a subj-mt of general ad miration by those familiar with the Magazine. Published by Samtiel Houston. 139 Nassau street, New York, at *3 per annum, or five copies.fur =2 each. The Story in a Nutshell The .Albany "Knickerbocker," under the head of "Independer,ce and Progress," tells the whole story of our nation's birth. and great ness, and progress in' the arts and Eciences, in a remarkably short paragraph fur a theme so comprehensive. The style is rather racy but decidedly to the point. It is-about seventy-seven years since Un cle Sam was born, arid what an eventful sev enty-seven years they have been ! Severity seven years ago the United States was a remote circumstance : they now compose the seem(' commercial nation in the world. In three-guar• ters of a century they have revolutionized the world, built up an empire, licked our mother, and fenced in a continent. In less time than it took Methnsalah to get out of his swaddling• clothes, we have made more canals, turned. I I more lightening, arid harnessed more steam, and at a greater cost in money, than the whole world could have paid for, the day he got out of his time. In seventy-live years we have not only changed the polities of the earth, but its wearing appeared—eotton shirts being as much the olf4pring of the United States : as bal lot boxes and democracy. Since the fourth of ,duly, 1776, the whole world has been to school and what is better, has learned more common sense than was tanght in the previous thousand years.—The problem of sell-government has been solved, and its truth made immortal a, Washington or yellow corn. its adaptation to al: the wants . of the mere aspiring nation ha. been made roost signally manifest. 'Under its harmonious working, a Republic has grown up in an ordinary lifetime, that would have taken any tither system of government a thousand years or more to have bronglit about. Yes ill less time than it has taken some green house plants to arrive at maturity, we have built a na tion that has spread itself from 111aine to Mex ico, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific—a na tion that has caught more whales, licked more Nlexicans, planted more telegraph posts, and owns more steamboats, than any nation that has ever lived, or ever will live. Grain and Flour The English Board of Trade has furnished the amount of Grain and Flour imported into Great Britain during the year 1852, by which it is ascertained that the largest imports of Flour were from the United States, the amount figur ing as 2,420,1:69 cwt., and of wheat 483,569 quarters, and other grains, 168,317 quarters. Russia furnished the greatest quantity of wheat, reaching to 733,572 quarters, and of all grains 1,301,659 quarters. The totals of grain imports for 1952, figure as follows: Flour. Wheat. Other Grain Total Grain Cwt. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. 3,866, 719 3,060,269 3,581,461 6,641,729 The grain of other descriptions than Wheat comprised in the above quantity of 3,81,461 quarters. eon s ismd ss inflows—namely, Barley, ,p 25,540 quarters ; Oats, 999,287; Rye, 9,967 ; Peas and Beans, 4,77,306; Indian Corn, 1,471,- 2.77; and Buck Wheat, 8,084 quarters. The In dian Corn was obtained chiefly from Wallachia and Moldavia, Russia, and the United States.— Bicknell's ill:porter. A Spaniard in Congress. The New Mexican papers inform us that Sen nor Don Jose Manuel Gallegos has been elected delegate to Congress from the Territory of New Mexico, and he is commended to the kind con sideration of the powers at Washington, as a Democrat of the purest water. Whether he is hard or soft, terrified or unterrilied, is not stated —an omission of some importance, as a man's title to consideration depends now more on these points than on his integrity or capability. But at any rate the lion. Mr. Gallegos is a Democrat, land the first of Spanish race that has been sent to Congress. The papers add that he does not understand a word of English. Thoughtless people might regard this as a disqualification for a scat in the House of Representatives, but we are far from regarding it in that iight. So far as Mr. Gallegos himself is concerned, he is to he congratulated on not understanding the language of all the Buncombe speakers he will be sur rounded with, and so far as the public is con cerned, it is to be congratulated on having one seat in the House occupied by a silent member. It would be decided economy in money, and no loss to the nation in any respect, if one half of the members were deaf and dumb, and the next best thing to this is having them ignorant of the English language. Nine•tenths of the speeches in Congress might as well be in Spanish, for all the good they do the public, and we are inclined to think the gentleman front New Mexico will be one of the most useful, certainly one of the most harmlo, members in the liouse.—(P/ri Leming • Literary .111,51itute.--The young men of 111 i nersville, Schuylkill county, Pa., have formed hemselves into a Society of the above title.— Imong the officers elected, we see the name of tur young „friend 111 r. CleoriTe 11. He? Pith, for. nerly of this county. Societies or this kind lave a tendency to effect much good. A Singular Casc.—A few days since a man fell down the Court House steps, in Cincinnati, and, it was supposed, broke his neck. A coro ner's inquest was held on the body and a .verdict rendered according to the facts in the above case.' The man was carried home, and when he arrived there he would not stay killed, and he •is now up and alive, notwithstanding the verdict of the jury that he is dead. Jic should sue the Coroner for damages. No public officer has a right to break a man's neck before his time'coMes. Appoitdments by the Camd Cungmisaionem— Delaware D:visioi,.—Da yid Evans, of Doylestown Township, to be Supervisor, in the place of George W. Closson, whose term had expired ; Ruben Patterson to be Collector at Bristol; Eli K. Soli di), to be Collector at New Bone ; J. Morrison to be Collector at Easton ; E. Willard to be Car. co Inspector at Bristol. Jacob.S. Yost to be Collector of Tolls at Phil atlelOtia. Operation of the Sunday Law. Since the decision of the SO preme Com , res pecting the legality of !citing liquor in public houses upon the Sabbath, a great number of the proprietors of taverns have been fined for breach• es of the law, trpon information which has been lodged ap,rtinst them. In every case in which the charge was sustained by proof the tine of four dollars has been exacted, one half of which has gone to the informer, and the remainder to the benefit of the poor. In many instances tav• ern keepers have lodged information against themselves, or have induced a friend to do so for them, and one moiety of the fine to which the informer was entitled has thus been saved to the party fitted. The act of April 22d, 1794, under which these penalties have been exacted. forbids all worldly employment upon the Sabbath,“works of chari ty or necessity only excepted." The conse quence is, that oth'r persons than tavern keep ers, persons who follow their business upon the Sabbath, but from the fact that their traffic has no immoral tendencies, have not hitherto been interfered with, have recently been made to ray the penalties of the act of 1151. Quite a num her of barbers have been fined for shaving their customers upon the Sabbath; druggists who deal in sears have been mulcted for selling them upon Sunday: milkmen have been fined for serving milk alter nine o'clock in the morn ing of that clay, and several confectioners have had to pay the penalty of the law forselling their commodities upon the Sabbath. As one half the fines exacted in these cases have been paid to the complainants, interested parties have endeavored to attach a degree of odium to persons lodging information; while others who have suffered the penalties of the law threaten to ntort by bringing up all persons performing business of any kind which is not strictly a "work of necessity or charity," By some singular oversight, a law which was enacted in 1850 has been overlooked until with in a few days. This act will have the effect to relieve the exciting subject of some of its ern barrassments. In Punkin's Digest will be found an act passed May 15,h, 1850. It is a supple . : ment to the act of 1791, and provides that ''all fines" exacted for breaches of that law shall be paid into the treasury of the Commonwealth for the use of the Sinking Fund of the State. Sev eral alderman have, since the discovery of this act, refused to pay any portion of the fines to informers, and the rest of the magistrates will follow [her example. The act of 1650 will preclude the possibility of the infringers of the law saving any portion of the fine by informing upon themselves, while informers will be relieved from all suspicions of being prompted by a desire for personal profit in the course they pursue.—(Phil. Even. Bullain. GLEANINGS re - The oldest member of the Academy of Fine Arts has just died in Paris, in the 00th year of his age-31. Fontaine, who was successively archi• feet of Napoleon, Lewis XVIII, Charles X, and Louis Philippe. re - Happiness is not in a cottage, nor n place, nor in riches, nor in poverty,nor in learning, nor in ignorance, nor passive life ; but in doing right froln right motives. rrSirung elTorts are making in Georgia to soar! Gov. Cobb to the U. S. Senate. UP - James Gordon Bennet states that he in tends to establish a paper in Philadelphia, on the plan of the N. Y. Herald. • EVA negro female servant of Secretary Guth• rie, while in Cincinnati on the way to Wash ington, in charge of a clerk of the Secretary's, absconded, and has not since been heard of• re Six Maine boys, in Australia, write home that they realized upwards of $20,000 from their first six weeks' labor in that land of gold. .j - Bronze, instead of silver or gold, medals are to be awarded to exhibitors by the New Yolk Crystal Palace. Fir George Nagle, aged 9 years, snn of Sheriff Nagle, was accidentally killed In Pottsville on Sunday LV"William Iloupt, of Somerset, Pa. accident. ally shot himself, on Saturday last whilst clean. ing a gun. A load of shot was lodged in his right twin, shivering the bone and lancreating the flesh dreadfully. Shoeing. I lor.v.y..—The following are the regu lotions of the British army upon this subject. They were prepared by a mixed commission of officers and eminent and experienced profession al men, and have recently been issued. 01. The shoe is to be bevelled off so as to leave a space and prevent pressure to the sole.. 2. It is not to be grooved or fetted, but simply punched, and the nails counter-sunk. 3: Catkin is to be ap plied to the hind shoe only, and is to be confined to the outside heel. The inside heel is to be thickened in proportion. 4. The weight of the shoe is to be from 12 to 45 ounces, according to the size of the horse. 5. Horses are to be shod with not less than six nails in the (ore, and -seven in the hind shoe; nor is the shoe to be attached with less than three nails on each side. 6. In prepar ing the foot for the shoe, as little as possible should be pared out; and the operation should be confined to the removal of the exfoliating parts of the foot only. 7, Both fore and hind shoes are to be made with a single clip at the toes. These rules may be of sutne value to blacksmiths, livery-men and horse-owners. I. //. S.—These loiters arc seen in the Cithm tic and Episcopal Churches, and in the prayer• boods of these sects. They nre abbreviations of the Latin phrase, "Jessus Hominum Savior of melt." Some may ash why the letter lis used instead of J I Because formerly there was no letter J in the alpabet; then I was used where J now is. Many of our readers can probably re• member having seen the name of John spelled Mtn. Lemon A lady tells the "Agriculturist" how to make four lemon pies. Grate the peels , four lemons, and squeeze the juice into the grated peel. Then take nine eggs, leaving out half of the wishes, one pound of loaf (or white) sugar, half a pound of butter, one pint of cream (or of milk) and four lable•spoonsful of rose. war ter, and beat 'them well together, and add the lemon. Divide into four pies, with untlercrut, and bake. Pennsylvania Railroad. This great thoroughfare will be completed: and the Allegheny Portage Road, avoided, by the of January next. This may be justly regar ded as one of the great Railroads in the country, and when finally completed, will be the favorite route for travellers to the great west. The road is admirably managed—the trains, come tip to time, with very little variation ; and what is of more importance than anything else to the tray ! elling community, it may be•remarlied that there are less accidents on this road than on any oth er of its extent in the country. This no doubt; arises front the fact that none but the most care ful and cautious men are engaged by the corn .- party to conduct its business. The conductors, too, are all gentlemanly and courtuous,and among the large number engaged' on the Road, we know of no one who is more deserving of the e , term and respect of the pub. lie, than Col. C. Fetter Jackson, who is just cal culan.d to fill a position requiring the suavity of manners of which he is so largely possessed.—: We always feel at home when travelling with him, knowing, that nothing 'that will promote the . comforts of his passengers will be left undone. The same may be said of all the conductors.— . They are all gentlemen in the true sense of the . word, and the company may consider itself for: tunate in procuring the services of gentlemen so admirably qualified to discharge the duties of their stations.—( Reporter. The Designs of Russia A Paris correspondent of the Cincinnati Ga. zette, alluding to the Cztr and his designs, says: "Italy, Mexico, Western Africa, Cuba, do not disturb his slumbers. Japan is his Cuba, Tur^ key in Europe his Mrxico, Calmuck, Tartary and Persia his Italy and Africa. Of the unre sisting hordes which crowd the plains of West• ern Asia, between the Persian Gulf and the ish possessions in the. South, and Siberia on the Nor.h, she intends to build up her immense empire. nEvery one is now convinced that Russia is determined not to settle the Turkish question in any way that will not leave ground for future discussion. Site will sign no treaty that does not leave it- an open question. She must and she will have Constantinople ; and when the Western powers find that they ate not to be se riously menaced by that event, their resistance would grow less zealous. Russia will plant her standard on The minarets of Constantinople; she will make of it the great central commercial city of the eastern continent; she will drive the Turks back, and inalce them locale their government somewhere in Egypt; she will close the Darda nelles effectually to all armed forces—and now sec what power is within her grasp. From the Southern shores of the Black Sea she can pour swarms of soldiers, unmolested, into the very heart of Asia, and there pursue her ambition and her conquests without fear. It would be utterly useless fur those civilized nations who ere, by their knowledge of the arts of war, capable of meeting her on equal terms, to attempt either to follow her or to meet her. Her geographical position makes her secure."—(Biekneffs Rep, Iligh Prices.— The Wilmington Republicarn says, William Raybold recently sold one of his imported bucks to a gentleman in Louisiana, for S2SU. He also sold Mr. Bates, of Illinois, nine sheep—composed of lambs, yearlings, and two, years olds, at !Hires ranging from $5O to $75. He also sold some thirty of his flock—mostly lambs—to a gentleman' in Ohio,at the same rate; and several have been purchased by gentlemen in different States. •The Reybold sheep have at tained a high reputation, as they arc of the pur est blood.— none of your half breeds. Mr..li. has not been able to anything lake supply the de wand for them. We understand that Col. Ware of Virginia, was so much exasperated in con,se' quence• of four of the highest premiums having been awarded to these sheep at the last exhibition at Baltimore, that be resigned his of^ lice of Vice President, and withdrew from the Sodiety, He was fairly beaten, and should there fore have taken it in a better humor, It is sap. posed that he will join theVirginiaSociety, where he will be secure from the copetition of the gey , bolds. It would be a capital joke, however it he should find their stock at the next exhibition of that Society.— Village Record. Mat Bee:a/nes qf Dead Letters ?—This,ques.• lion Which has doubtless suggested itself to ev ery one, is thus answered by the Washington Sentinel. On Friday, says that paper, one him dred and fifty - eight bushels of letters, were burnt near the monument, by order of the prop er authorities of the Post Office Depertment.— During the conflagration the flaming malt], was fre'quently stirred in order to render the destruc tion complete. Several hours elapsed before the • immense collection of manuscripts. on so many different su'qects was reduced to ashes, among which, alterwards, smithy persons v ere seen scratching with sticks, in the hope of finding valuables, such as jewelery or coin, which are so commonly transmitted and found in let ters. It is seldom, however, that the keen eyes • of the cle . rks neglect to remove. articles even of the least value, frdm the epistiles which it is their particular duty to open and inspect previous to ' bag;age them for conflagration. Population of the Turkish Empire.—The latest' and most reliable work on this subject is one' just published in Paris by A. Übicini. He states' the population and religion of Turkey as follows: Musselmen, 4,550,000 in Europe, 12,650,000 in Asia, and 3,800,00 in Africa,Greeks, ten millions in Europe, and three in Asia, Catholics, 600,000 in Europe and 260,000 in Asia, with 150,000 ' Jews, and 80,000 Gipsies. Sixpenny Saving Banle.—The Hank for the de posit of six peaces by children, established in New York, has reached a capital of 823,000. It pays six per cent. interest, and is doing much good among the class of boys and girls for whose benefit it is intended. c i dtle,—We learn from the Norristown Watchman that IVI7. Vanzant, of Montgomery Square, sold two Devon Cow:3,one at the Mont• gornery a nil the other at the.Pitilalelphia Agri cultural Exhibition, for t'2.4oi hehas also sold a p.ung liNf:r kr f3O. ri
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